2023 DoD Manual Revision – A Commentary on the Amendments

2023 DoD Manual Revision – A Commentary on the Amendments

2023 DoD Manual Revision – A Commentary on the Amendments (Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) Introductory Remarks Shortly after the 2015 publication of the US...
2023 DOD Manual Revision – Practical Concerns Related to the Presumption of Civilian Status – Part II

2023 DOD Manual Revision – Practical Concerns Related to the Presumption of Civilian Status – Part II

2023 DOD Manual Revision – Practical Concerns Related to the Presumption of Civilian Status – Part II (Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) Part I of this post...
2023 DOD Manual Revision – Practical Concerns Related to the Presumption of Civilian Status – Part I

2023 DOD Manual Revision – Practical Concerns Related to the Presumption of Civilian Status – Part I

2023 DOD Manual Revision – Practical Concerns Related to the Presumption of Civilian Status – Part I (Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) Since the 3rd edition of the U.S....
Digitalize It: Digital Evidence at the ICC

Digitalize It: Digital Evidence at the ICC

Digitalize It: Digital Evidence at the ICC The International Criminal Court (ICC, or the Court) first accepted digital evidence in a legal proceeding in 2013 during the prosecution of Al Faqi Al Mahdi for ordering the destruction of the Timbuktu shrines and mosques in...
2023 DoD Manual Revision – What’s In a Presumption?

2023 DoD Manual Revision – What’s In a Presumption?

2023 DoD Manual Revision – What’s In a Presumption? (Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) One of the most notable—if not the most notable—changes to the Department of Defense...
2023 DoD Manual Revision – Handling Uncertainty in the Law of Attack

2023 DoD Manual Revision – Handling Uncertainty in the Law of Attack

2023 DoD Manual Revision – Handling Uncertainty in the Law of Attack (Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) A Civilian Status Presumption The recent revisions to the DoD Law of...